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Neanderthals and humans at ‘war for 100,000 years’ before people left Africa – The Advertiser
We might share most of our DNA with prehistoric Neanderthals, but apparently we didn’t get along with them.
We might share most of our DNA with prehistoric Neanderthals, but apparently we didnt get along with them.
Analysis by a senior lecturer in evolutionary biology and palaeontology at the UK’s University of Bath shows we might have been at war with our evolutionary ancestors for more than 100,000 years.
“War isn’t a modern invention, but an ancient, fundamental part of our humanity,” Dr Nicholas Longrich wrote in a piece for The Conversation.
He theorises our shared penchant for warfare might have…
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